: Re: How do I cite or give credit to a statistic on a website? I'm not even sure if I need to since I often see statistics on website and blog posts without a source. Do I need to? And how

@Connie138

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Absolutely cite any hard numbers you use. It's good practice and not nearly common enough, which means it should be encouraged. Given how quickly statistics become outdated, I would definitely cite at least the year of the study/article/whatnot. On Wikipedia some editors would include the date of publication and also date accessed, which is relevant to web sources. I don't think that's mandatory, though. Use it if you have reason to believe the source is likely to be edited, e.g. a blog post.

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